"To fight for the possibility that future generations may live, and in the interest of the survival of humanity past the 21st century, it has become necessary for ordinary people to take revolutionary action. We owe nothing to a system that sold our future for profit before we were born. Our only debt is to the future: rebel, now, while there may still be time to prevent the worst-case scenarios of climate change. Steal your education!"

If the emerging movements of 2019 embrace a tactic of organized debt strikes in 2020, we could crash the market for student loan asset backed securities before the next presidential election, and send a clear message to the ruling class that we will not allow them to sacrifice our futures. It's now or never, people over profit, Earth or else.

"A student debt boycott wouldn’t just be about cancelling student debt, but about provoking a confrontation with the creditor class. If student debtors take the lead, perhaps as in France in 1968, the indebted working class will stand in solidarity. I put this question before the panelists, the audience, those watching online, to the activists and organizers demanding a radical transformation of this country, and the 44 million student debtors; is it time to organize the power of economic withdrawal, and stop paying our student loans?"

Student debt is immoral and unjust, and it must be abolished, but that will never happen until a movement of Americans rises up to demand it, and boycotts their debts until our government is forced to act. A boycott of student debt has the potential to unite the existing movements for social justice in a meaningful action which will help lead to our collective liberation.

"Throughout history, students have often been the leaders of popular movements which bring about a re-ordering of society. There is something about education that lends itself to revolution; we have the knowledge to imagine an alternative vision for society, the resources to organize and advocate for our vision, and the audacity to challenge the authority of the ruling class."

"The fate of the world may rest specifically in our hands. We have grown up in the shadow of the war on terror, alongside the rapid expansion of the internet, and as the first severe effects of climate change are being felt. We are the generation born between the old and new worlds. We are also one of the only nations in which Students are burdened with debt."